iro

iro

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Iroquoian languages.

Cognates include Saho iró.

• IPA^(key): /iˈro/, [ʔɪˈɾɔ]
• Hyphenation: i‧ro

iró

1. high

iró f (plural iroorá f)

1. outside
2. height, altitude

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “iro”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004) Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, →ISBN, page 38
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *qiduq.

irò

1. dog

From older ido, from Proto-Philippine *qiduq.

• Hyphenation: i‧ro
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔiɾoʔ/, [ˈʔi.ɾ̪ɔʔ]

irò (Badlit spelling ᜁᜇᜓ)

1. a dog

   Synonym: ayam

2. an ablutophobic person
3. a despicable person
4. dog meat; the flesh and other edible parts derived from dogs

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:iro.

From iri (“to go”) +‎ -o.

• IPA^(key): [ˈiro]
• Rhymes: -iro
• Hyphenation: ir‧o

iro (accusative singular iron, plural iroj, accusative plural irojn)

1. trip, course, run, going

From

2=-

Igbo.

(root word: ro)

iro

1. tale, folktale (Ọnịcha: irò)
2. enemy, (Achala/Anam: irō), hatred (Ọnịcha: író)
3. an expanse or space (central Igbo: ìro)
4. outside (central Igbo: ìro)

• Michael J. C. Echeruo (2001) “iro”, in Igbo-English Dictionary: A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Igbo Language with an English-Igbo Index, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria: Longman Nigeria Plc, →ISBN, page 73

iro

1. Rōmaji transcription of いろ

From Proto-Cariban *irô (inanimate anaphoric demonstrative pronoun); compare Apalaí yro, Trió irë, Wayana ilë, Hixkaryana àro, Waiwai ero, Ye'kwana iyö.

• (Venezuela) IPA^(key): [ijjo]
• (West Suriname) IPA^(key): [iːdʝo]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [iːɾo]

iro

1. the inanimate singular anaphoric demonstrative pronoun; this (aforementioned), this that was just spoken of

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, pages 53, 55, 277
• Meira, Sérgio (2002) “A first comparison of pronominal and demonstrative systems in the Cariban language family”, in Mily Crevels, Simon van de Kerke, Sergio Meira and Hein van der Voort, editors, Current Studies on South American Languages‎, Leiden: Research School of Asian, African, and American Studies (CNWS), Leiden University, →ISBN, pages 255–275
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “iďo”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 179; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎, Paris, 1956, page 173
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “iŕo, iŕonembo, iŕoneme”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 184; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎, Paris, 1956, page 178
• Yamada, Racquel-María (2010) “iro”, in Speech community-based documentation, description, and revitalization: Kari’nja in Konomerume‎, University of Oregon, pages 739, 940

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulej, (compare Indonesian ulat (“caterpillar”), Malay ulat (“worm, maggot”), Fijian ulo, Chamorro ulo').

iro (used in a reduplicated form as iroiro)

1. maggot

• ira, iru, ire

From Proto-Germanic *hiz.

(h)iro

1. her

iro

1. first-person singular present indicative of irar

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ˈiɾo/ [ˈi.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -iɾo
• Syllabification: i‧ro

iro m (plural iros)

1. (rare) a Mohawk hairstyle

   Synonyms: cresta, mohicano

Cognate with Cornish ura.

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɪrɔ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈiːrɔ/, /ˈɪrɔ/

iro (first-person singular present iraf)

1. to lubricate, oil
2. to anoint

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “iraf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

iro

1. howler monkey, Alouatta seniculus

• Lizot, Jacques (2004) Diccionario enciclopédico de la lengua yãnomãmɨ (in Spanish), Vicariato apostólico de Puerto Ayacucho, →ISBN

• ùró (CY, SEY)

From ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ ró (“to wrap”), probably from Proto-Yoruboid *ù-ló, compare with Igala ùló

• IPA^(key): /ì.ɾó/

ìró

1. a cloth wrapped around a woman's lower body, usually made with six yards of fabric

• oníròó (“one with a cloth wrapper”)

From ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ ró (“to sound”)

• ùró (CY, SEY)

• IPA^(key): /ì.ɾó/

ìró

1. sound; noise
2. (by extension) distant news or information on someone or something

   Synonym: ìròyìn

3. (phonetics) speech sound

• ariwo (“noise”)
• ùfófó (“noise”) (Ekiti)

Compare with Olukumi úrò (“ape”)

• IPA^(key): /ī.ɾò/

irò

1. a general term for any species of great ape; gorilla, chimpanzee

   Synonyms: elégbèdè, ìnàkí

• ọṣà (“chimpanzee”)
• ọ̀bọ (“monkey”)

From ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ rò (“to think”), see èrò (“thought”)

• IPA^(key): /ì.ɾò/

ìrò

1. thinking; the process of thinking

• àìrò (“lack of thinking”)
• ìròkúrò (“bad thinking”)

From ì- +‎ ro

• IPA^(key): /ì.ɾō/

ìro

1. meanness, cruelty

   Synonyms: ìkà, ìwàkíwà

Compare with Igala ílo, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *í-lo

• IPA^(key): /ī.ɾō/

iro

1. brass bell